2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the 2022 World Championships
Norah Jeruto Oregon 2022.jpg
Norah Jeruto after winning the final.
Venue Hayward Field
Dates16 July (heats)
20 July (final)
Competitors45 from 25 nations
Winning time8:53.02
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
  2019
2023  

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 16 and 20 July 2022. [1]

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Summary

With 3 of the last four World Championships (and the last 15 Men's) were born in Kenya. Kenyan dominance in the steeplechase is expected, particularly in Kenya. Returning champion, world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech didn't return due to injury, two of their representatives did not make it out of the heats, leaving only #6 of all time Celliphine Chespol to wear their uniform. However two additional Kenyan born runners were representing other countries; #4 of all time Winfred Yavi representing Bahrain and #3 of all time Norah Jeruto recently becoming eligible to run for Kazakhstan. The poaching of international free agent athletes has been quite an issue World Athletics has been trying to deal with. World Athletics blocked eligibility transfers in an attempt to revise the rules. [2]

In the first heat, Jeruto ran an impressive, but unnecessary 9:01.54, the #26 time in history simply to be the leading qualifier. Ten seconds behind her Marwa Bouzayani, wearing a hijab uniform was an automatic qualifier.

In the final, Jeruto went to the front off the line, tracked immediately by Yavi. The pack strung out to single file, with 2017 champion, returning silver medalist Emma Coburn, Olympic gold medalist Peruth Chemutai, Mekides Abebe and Werkuha Getachew latching onto the front of that train. By three laps, that group had separated from the rest of the pack, the approximate 1K mark reached in 2:57. On the next lap, Yavi moved to the front, still pushing the pace. Only Jeruto and Getachew could hold on, the second kilometer covered in 3:01. Abebe was still hanging on 6 metres behind the leading three, trying to bridge back to the front. Over the penultimate lap, Abebe managed to get back to the group just before the bell. At the sound of the bell, Yavi edged back in front of Jeruto, but Jeruto would have none of that, reclaiming the lead halfway into the turn. With Yavi on the outside, Getachew took the inside track to come closer to Jeruto down the backstretch. Coming into the water jump, Yavi made another run at the lead, with Jeruto looking at her. Jeruto took the water jump cleanly, leaping to a 2 metre lead, Yavi took it awkwardly, stopping before taking the final step out of the water, with both Ethiopians passing her in the process. From there Jeruto expanded her lead, with Getachew then Abebe following her home. Yavi took the final barrier poorly and the fight for a medal was over.

Jeruto's 8:53.02 was the Championship record and the #3 time ever run, still less than a second faster than she had run a year earlier on this same track at the Prefontaine Classic. Getachew's 8:54.61 moved her to the #4 position in history, with Abebe's 8:56.08 putting her in #5.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [3]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Kenya.svg  Beatrice Chepkoech  (KEN)8:44.32 Monte Carlo, Monaco 20 July 2018
Championship record Flag of Kenya.svg  Beatrice Chepkoech  (KEN)8:57.84 Doha, Qatar 30 September 2019
World Leading Flag of Bahrain.svg  Winfred Mutile Yavi  (BHR)8:56.55 Paris, France 18 June 2022
African Record Flag of Kenya.svg  Beatrice Chepkoech  (KEN)8:44.32 Monte Carlo, Monaco 20 July 2018
Asian Record Flag of Bahrain.svg  Ruth Jebet  (BHR)8:52.78 Paris, France 27 August 2016
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Courtney Frerichs  (USA)8:57.77 Eugene, United States 21 August 2021
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Tatiane da Silva  (BRA)9:24.38 Watford, Great Britain 11 June 2022
European Record Flag of Russia.svg  Gulnara Samitova-Galkina  (RUS)8:58.81 Beijing, China 17 August 2008
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Genevieve Lacaze  (AUS)9:14.28 Paris, France 27 August 2016

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 9:30.00. [4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
16 July10:35 Heats
20 July19:45 Final

Results

Heats

The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the final. [5]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Norah Jeruto Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)9:01.54Q
21 Werkuha Getachew Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)9:11.25Q
31 Marwa Bouzayani Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)9:12.14Q, PB
42 Alice Finot Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)9:14.34Q, NR
52 Mekides Abebe Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)9:14.83Q
62 Luiza Gega Flag of Albania.svg  Albania  (ALB)9:14.91Q
72 Courtney Wayment Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)9:14.95q
81 Emma Coburn Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)9:15.19q
92 Peruth Chemutai Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)9:16.66q
103 Celliphine Chepteek Chespol Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)9:16.78Q
113 Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)9:17.14Q, SB
123 Winfred Mutile Yavi Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)9:17.32Q
133 Courtney Frerichs Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)9:17.91q
142 Aimee Pratt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)9:18.91q, NR
152 Gesa Felicitas Krause Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)9:21.02q, SB
163 Sembo Almayew Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)9:21.10
172 Amy Cashin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)9:21.46 PB
182 Chiara Scherrer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)9:22.15
193 Daisy Jepkemei Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)9:23.07
201 Elizabeth Bird Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)9:23.17
212 Irene Sánchez-Escribano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)9:23.94 PB
223 Nataliya Strebkova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)9:25.85
233 Tatiane Raquel da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)9:26.25
242 Purity Kirui Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)9:26.88 SB
251 Jackline Chepkoech Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)9:27.50
263 Carolina Robles Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)9:28.24 PB
271 Belén Casetta Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)9:29.05 SB
281 Lea Meyer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)9:30.81
293 Ceili McCabe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)9:32.73
301 Regan Yee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)9:36.22
312 Parul Chaudhary Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)9:38.09 PB
321 Xu Shuangshuang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)9:39.17 SB
331 Brielle Erbacher Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)9:40.55
343 Cara Feain-Ryan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)9:43.41
353 Adva Cohen Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)9:44.74
363 Kinga Królik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)9:44.74
372 Grace Fetherstonhaugh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)9:49.85
381 Simone Ferraz Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)9:53.52
391 Nilani Rathnayaka Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka  (SRI)9:54.10
403 Reimi Yoshimura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)9:58.07
412 Carolina Lozano Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)10:03.51
421 Yuno Yamanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)10:18.18

Final

The final was started on 20 July at 19:45. [6]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Norah Jeruto Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)8:53.02 CR, NR
Silver medal icon.svg Werkuha Getachew Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)8:54.61 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Mekides Abebe Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)8:56.08 PB
4 Winfred Mutile Yavi Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)9:01.31
5 Luiza Gega Flag of Albania.svg  Albania  (ALB)9:10.04 NR
6 Courtney Frerichs Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)9:10.59 SB
7 Aimee Pratt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)9:15.64 NR
8 Emma Coburn Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)9:16.49
9 Marwa Bouzayani Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)9:20.92
10 Alice Finot Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)9:21.40
11 Peruth Chemutai Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)9:21.93
12 Courtney Wayment Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)9:22.37
13 Celliphine Chepteek Chespol Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)9:27.34
14 Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)9:40.78
15 Gesa Felicitas Krause Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)9:52.66

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  6. Final results